Simmons v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \It is axiomatic that an order entered by a court without subject matter jurisdiction is utterly void.\
• “state courts are without power to take any action to enforce a private agreement dividing future payments of Social Security when such an agreement violates the statutory prohibition against transfer or assignment of future benefits.”
• \Subject matter jurisdiction refers to the court's 'power to hear and determine cases of the general class to which the proceedings in question belong.'\ (quoting Watson v. Watson, 319 S.C. 92, 93, 460 S.E.2d 394, 395 (1995))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Simmons v. Simmons
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2011-05-09· cited 337×
• Forrester v. Forrester
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-07-10· cited 33×
• Dapp v. Dapp
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-05-01· cited 4×
• Reffalt v. Reffalt
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-12-13· cited 3×
• Katzburg v. Katzburg
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-07-30· cited 2×
• Jackson v. Jackson
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2020-12-02
• Williams v. Jeffcoat
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2021-07-07
• Annie L. Myers v. Town of Calhoun Falls
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2023-07-05

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Flemming v. Nestor
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-20· cited 1,508×
• Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-22· cited 837×
• Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Board
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-10· cited 411×
• Stevenson v. Stevenson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-06-22· cited 116×
• Dove v. Gold Kist, Inc.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-03-21· cited 111×
• In Re Marriage of Zahm
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 103×
• In re the Marriage of Zahm
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 97×
• Moriarty v. Garden Sanctuary Church of God
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 81×
• Bowers v. Bowers
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-02-25· cited 80×
• In Re the Marriage of Boyer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-09-20· cited 41×
• Kluck v. Kluck
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-03-20· cited 39×
• Ellender v. Schweiker
  S.D. New York· 1983-11-17· cited 32×
• McDaniel v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-11-25· cited 30×
• Kirk v. Kirk
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-07-05· cited 29×
• Coon v. Coon
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-05-31· cited 20×
• Sherry v. Sherry
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1985-05-23· cited 19×
• Gentry v. Gentry
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-02-10· cited 18×
• Watson v. Watson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-07-24· cited 17×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-02-15· cited 17×
• Price v. Price
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-12-16· cited 16×